By Maritza Luna
UCCM
As an online university UCCM wants to create a program for people who are physically near to get in touch with each other personally and work through their career goals along with the online community. Students advancement not only academically but also personally is their top priority.
Our goal is to create an accessible and easy to use process to find local or online students and schedule study sessions.
Sitemap & our users
In addition to the new study pal program, the webpage was also revamped and a rebranding process was taken, keeping into consideration the input of our users.
Age:
Education:
Hometown:
Family:
Occupation:
19
Mechanical Engineering
Guatemala City
Mom and two older sisters
University student
From paper wireframes to Lo-Fi
The usability test performed indicated 3 points to develop farther in the design:
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1. Users favored the description of each candidate by grade.
2. Users wanted an option to add multiple people to the meeting.
3. Users want to be suggested safe locations to meet according to their location.
Hi-Fi & final product
It was important for the users to keep the process of searching for a study pal easy, swift but most importantly, the information about the person needed to be accurate to their career level. It was also important that the webpage’s iterations translated well to the app as well, so users could sign up for the program from anywhere they wanted.
Looking to the future
UCCM is always looking forward, they plan to expand their degree options as well as having a special function only on the app for online classes for people without access to a computer. A challenge to make education more accessible.